Bedstead



UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

IRA RUSSELL, OF DEDI-IAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

BEDSTEAD.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 8,358, dated September 16, 1851.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IRA RUSSELL, of Dedham, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the same is fully described and represented in the following specification and accompanying drawings, letters, figures, and references thereof.

Of the said drawings, Figure l, denotes a central longitudinal, and vertical sect-ion of a bedstead having my improvement applied to it. Fig. 2, is a central, vertical, and transverse section of the same.

In the drawings A, A, represent the posts of the bedstead, while B, B, exhibit the two side rails, and C, D, the two end rails. Connected with the said posts, E, E, E, &c., are the cleats or boards upon which the bed is placed. The two ends of each of these cleats, are made to rest respectively on two long curved strips a, a', of steel o r other suitable metal. The two ends of each of said strips a, a, are fastened to the tops of blocks b, b', projecting from the inner side of each side rail B, or B. Underneath each of said strips a., a', there is another and similar strip fl, or CZ', which is curved in a reverse direction, and fastened in t-he same manner to the said block. Between each of the strips a, l or a, cl', there is a bent spring e, or e, made in the form of an arc of a circle, or thereabouts, and fastened at its middle to the strip a, (or a) while its two ends rest on the top surface of the strip d, (or d) directly underneath it.

Each of the springs for supporting the cleats, are thus composed of the suspension springs Z or CZ', the thrust spring a, or a, and the curved spring e, or e, placed between them. The whole is found to be an exceedingly agreeable, simple, and efficient spring, and support for the cleats. It prevents the sagging of the bed in its middle part, and readily accommodates the bed to the body when reposing upon it, and this in such manner as render the bed very easy and pleasant thereto.

That I claim as my improvement is- The suspension spring or strip d, the thrust spring a, and the spring e, between them, as combined or applied together', and to the bedstead and slats imposed upon them, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my signature, this fifth day of May A. D. 1851.

IRA RUSSELL.

l/Vitnesses R. H. EDDY, IEA CLEVELAND. 

